John Forster

Male 1725 - 1789  (64 years)


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  • Name John Forster  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Birth 1725  Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 7
    Gender Male 
    DAR Number A041667  [5
    Will 19 Feb 1776  Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Appraised Inventory for will of Robert Montgomery 
    Military Abt 1778  Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9
    Burial 1789  Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7
    • Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard
    Death Sep 1789  Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 7
    • Lower Paxton
    Notes 
    • Born in Antrim or born in PA?
    Person ID I4750  MontyHistNotes_III
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

    Father John Forster,   b. 1668, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1749, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Chambers,   b. 1675, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1725 and 1728, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1700  Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3089  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah 
    Family ID F3092  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 Catherine Dickey,   b. 1738, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1804, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Marriage 16 May 1762  [7
    Children 
    +1. Colonel Thomas Forster, Sr,   b. 16 May 1762, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1836, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]
    +2. Dorcas Forster,   b. 1764, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1826, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Mary Forster,   b. 1767, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1810 (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. General John Forster,   b. 17 Sep 1777, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1863, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Margaret Bell Forster,   b. 1780, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1835, Mill Creek, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F3090  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1725 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Appraised Inventory for will of Robert Montgomery - 19 Feb 1776 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - Abt 1778 - Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1789 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Sep 1789 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S753] Egle, William Henry, Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s_BioMosesDickey, (Name: Date: 1896;;), First and Second Series, Volume I, Notes and Quiries XXXVI, Page 250Biographical information about Moses Dickey.

    2. [S694] Egle, William Henry, Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s_ForsterThomas, (Name: Date: 1896;;), First and Second Series Vol I, Notes and Queries XLVI, Pages 326-327.

    3. [S55] Maring, Don, Email from Don Maring 2010 Apr 28, (Name: Location: Maple Glen, PA; Date: 28 Apr 2010;;), Don Maring discusses Forsters and Dickeys. He also discusses familyof Robert Montgomery and Sarah of Ballymore, Armagh.

    4. [S41] Kelker, Luther Reily, History of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania_MontBio, (Name: Date: 1907;;), Volume III, Pages 538-541 Volume I, Chapter X, The Newspapers Volume III, Pages 549-551 and 673-675 Forster Family.

    5. [S754] DAR Ancestor A041667, (Name: Name: Daughters of the American Revolution;;), John Forster.

    6. [S755] SAR Application 18950, (Name: Name: Sons of the American Revolution;;), John Forster.

    7. [S39] Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA;), cemtery.interment.pdf Suburb also called Paxtang Also known as Old Paxtang Presbyterian Meeting House Cemetery.

    8. [S40] Maring, Don, Genforum Discussion posted by Don Maring, (Name: Location: Rootsweb; Date: 17 Aug 2008;;), Notes about the inventory for estate of Robert Montgomery, died 1776,included by Don Maring in a website posting on other topics.

    9. [S433] American Revolutionary War, (Date: 1775-1783;), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War.